another thought just occurred to me on hitch placement. my truck has a fifth wheel with the pin an inch ahead of the axle that I normally tow with. But when I built the truck I also welded in a gooseneck ball on the deck behind the fifth wheel assembly because I had room, and what the heck then I could tow anything. That ball is about two FEET behind my axle, and I towed my buddies gooseneck trailer on a few occasions. his trailer is about 16000 with maybe 3000 over the hitch, and it towed fine, I noticed absolutely no difference from towing with my fifth wheel hitch. I didn't weigh that setup to see how much it changed the front axle weight.
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